Agon
SeedLondon
Builds synthetic "battle arenas", simulated environments that train autonomous defence systems and the AI guiding them against adaptive adversaries. Headquartered in London, with a base in Berlin.
Data & InfrastructureRobotics
UK AI in Robotics
UK companies building AI-driven robots and physical systems.
Companies (10)
Automata
GrowthLondon
Builds modular lab-automation robotics with orchestration software to run experiments in life-sciences and diagnostics laboratories. Headquartered in London.
RoboticsHealthcare AIAI for Science
CloudNC
GrowthLondon
Builds AI software for precision manufacturing. Its flagship product, CAM Assist, plugs into existing CAM packages and automatically generates CNC machining strategies and toolpaths — work skilled programmers otherwise do by hand — reportedly completing up to 80% of a program in minutes. Headquartered in London.
Enterprise AIRobotics
Dexory
GrowthLondon
Builds autonomous robots and software that scan warehouses to create digital twins and generate inventory insights. Headquartered in London.
RoboticsComputer VisionData & Infrastructure
Embedd
Pre-seedLondon
Builds software infrastructure for physical AI. It models chips as digital twins and uses AI agents to automatically generate the integration code — board support packages, device trees, and drivers — that lets software run on hardware, collapsing weeks of manual engineering. Headquartered in London.
Developer ToolsRobotics
Extend Robotics
SeedReading
A Reading-based embodied-AI company that sells factory work rather than robots. Its AMAS platform lets an operator with no robotics background control a robot arm or humanoid remotely through an immersive 3D interface, with AI handling the routine parts of the task. Under its Result-as-a-Service model, customers pay for completed work instead of buying equipment.
RoboticsEnterprise AI
Humanoid
Early-stageLondon
Builds AI-powered humanoid robots on a wheeled base for industrial use in warehouses and factories. Headquartered in London, with its KinetIQ AI system handling perception and movement.
RoboticsComputer Vision
Oxa
GrowthOxford
Builds self-driving software and hardware for industrial vehicles operating in ports, airports and yards. Headquartered in Oxford, formerly known as Oxbotica.
Autonomous VehiclesRobotics
Wayve
GrowthLondon
Builds self-driving software that learns to drive end-to-end from cameras, without the HD maps or lidar most rivals rely on. Headquartered in London and licensing its system to carmakers.
Autonomous VehiclesComputer VisionFoundation Models
Wootzano
SeedOther England
Builds AI-enabled robotic systems with a patented electronic skin that lets them handle delicate fresh produce such as grapes and tomatoes. Headquartered in Sedgefield, County Durham.
RoboticsComputer Vision
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Investment
Extend Robotics raises £2.6M to sell factory work by the outcome, not robots by the unit
Reading-based embodied-AI startup Extend Robotics has raised £2.6M led by Skyworks Venture Capital Fund to scale its Result-as-a-Service model — where manufacturers pay for completed work rather than buying robots — and expand its network of remote operators who steer robot arms and humanoids with AI assistance.
Product Launch
Wayve's robotaxis hit the road: London's first commercial service goes live
A month after winning the licences, Wayve and Uber have actually put robotaxis on London's streets — Wayve's first commercial public service anywhere in the world. It is a small, safety-driver-supervised fleet for now, and it arrives just as Waymo lines up its own London launch.
Investment
CloudNC raises $20M to point AI at the factory floor
CloudNC, a London company, has raised $20M (about £15M) to expand CAM Assist, software that uses AI to automate one of manufacturing's most skilled and time-consuming jobs: programming the toolpaths a CNC machine follows to cut a part. The round was led by Nimble Ventures, with Entrepreneur First and Lockheed Martin's venture fund among the backers.
Investment
Embedd raises £2M to be the software glue for physical AI
Embedd, a London startup, has raised £2M ($2.7M) in a pre-seed round led by Seedcamp to automate one of the most tedious jobs in building intelligent machines: writing the code that lets software talk to a chip. It models chips as digital twins and uses AI agents to generate the integration code, which it says is up to six times faster than doing it by hand.
Partnership
Wayve and Uber win London's first robotaxi licences
Transport for London has granted private hire licences to 15 of Wayve's self-driving cars, clearing the way for supervised robotaxi rides in the capital with Uber. A trained safety driver stays on board for now, with the first trips due later this summer.
Investment
Agon raises £22.5M to train defence AI in synthetic battlefields
Agon, a London defence-AI startup, has launched out of stealth with $30M, about £22.5M, to build synthetic 'battle arenas' where autonomous systems are trained against adaptive adversaries. The seed round was led by XYZ, Lux Capital, and Northzone, and adds to a run of UK sovereign and defence AI raises.